United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Statesmanship in war defined, with note (Preface), xii
as stated by Jesus (Preface), xii
STEDMAN, CHARLES—_Br._ staff officer and historian; _b._ 1745, _d._
1812.
as to Burgoyne campaign and Clinton, 180
as to loose _Br._ discipline, 210
as to Battles of Guilford and Hobkirk Hill, 321
as to _Br._ and _Am._ forces in 1776 and 1777 (Appendix D), 386
STEPHEN, ADAM—_Am._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1730, _d._ 1791.
service at Brandywine, 189
at Battle of Germantown, 195
dismissed for drunkenness, 196
STEPHENS, EDWARD—brig.-general; _b._ 1745, _d._ 1820;
conducted prisoners, taken at Cowpens, northward, 316
STERLING—_Br._ col., _sub._ maj.-general. [Should not be confused with
Lord Stirling, in the _Am._ service, see below.]
along the Delaware, 194
_k._ in Battle of Springfield, 278
STEUBEN, FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, _Baron_—maj.-gen.; _b._ 1730, _d._
1794.
instructor at Valley Forge, 210
promoted maj.-gen, 212
acts in harmony with Washington and Lafayette, 213
at Battle of Monmouth, 233
ordered to the South, 300
in charge of powder and lead supplies, 302
in concert with Lafayette, 327
his depot at Elk Island attacked, 340
joins Lafayette’s division, 340
in the siege of Yorktown, 357
STEWART—_Br._ col.;
succeeds Rawdon at the South, 321
fights Green at Eutaw Springs, 321
STILES, EZRA—pres. Yale College; _b._ 1727, _d._ 1795;
friend of Greene’s youth, 25
STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, _Lord_ [his claim to _Br._ title and
estates had been in dispute]—_Am._ col., _sub._ maj.-gen.; _b._
1726, _d._ 1783.
in Battle of Long Island, 105
his brigade of picked regiments, 105
fights both Grant and Cornwallis, 107
taken prisoner by superior numbers, 108
is exchanged and returns to duty, 122
reaches White Plains, 128
established at Princeton, 136
in Battle of Princeton, 154
engages Cornwallis, 169
in Battle of Brandywine, 186
his good conduct, 189
in Battle of Germantown, 195
at a Council of War, 217
in Battle of Monmouth, 233
threatens Staten Island, 271
president at Charles Lee’s court-martial (Appendix G), 389
Stony Point stormed by Wayne, 257–8
abandoned by Washington, 259
Strategy defined, with note (Preface), x
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